While the game was critically acclaimed at the time, it wasn't the version that developer Factor 5 wanted to release. Originally intended to be a 6Mbit game, the publisher made the developer cut it down to 4Mbits so it could fit on a smaller, cheaper cartridge.

Factor 5's Julian Eggebrecht has always maintained that the full version exists and it would have been released on the Wii Virtual Console back in 2008 were it not for Nintendo's draconian policy that all VC games had to have had a full commercial release previously.

Thankfully, after 24 years of waiting, the full version of Super Turrican is about to be released.

Today, Analogue has revealed that each and every Super Nt console sold will come with a pre-installed digital copy of Super Turrican: The Director's Cut. It features an entirely new level with fresh music, additional enemies, improved sound effects and enhanced graphics - it even offers a new way to use the game's famous beam weapon. The game comes with an authentic box to boot.

And that's not all - Super Turrican 2 is also included, so you can play through both epic games, one after the other.

Damien has over a decade of professional writing experience under his belt, as well as a repulsively hairy belly. Rumours that he turned down a role in The Hobbit to work on Nintendo Life are, to the best of our knowledge, completely and utterly unfounded.

Glad to hear the director's cut will finally come out. It was unfortunate they wanted to release it but couldn't. I never did forget that story. This is a cool addition to the package Analogue is offering. It's decently priced in the first place. Not a bad value at all.

Wow, just wow. While I only ever played Turrican 1 & 2 on the C64, they are 2 of my most favorite games on that system. Unfortunately I don't think I'd get this system for this game (and Super Turrican 2), but it's very tempting.

Okay, now I want one. Want to place an order but does money need to be paid up front? Can't afford it this month (thank you Very for charging my preorder in advance &!#%*¥$!!) but want to grab one. Been losing some faith in my Retron 5.

Star Fox 2's complete form, then Sonic 3D: Director's Cut, and now this? Has there been a secret memo going around between developers about releasing/updating classic games specifically during this month? Or is this all just inspired by Star Fox 2's release?

What the heck is the use of two boxes, when one of the games is already pre-installed? They're handing out doubles?

But this is great nonetheless. Always good to see unreleased stuff see the light of day, and nice for the developers too, that all their work hasn't gone to waste, even though it took almost two decades for that to come true.

Picking up my favorite physical games over the course of the next few months so I’ll have a library ready to go for it (been emulating for years)

I’m almost done already for games I want to own (Mario World+All-Stars, Mario RPG, DKC trilogy - got the SFC trilogy for $18 shipped no really need for English text lol, and got a good deal on a Turtles in Time). Will be enough to tide me over between it and the Hakchi2’ed SNES Classic until (if he does it) Kevtris releases SNES cores for it to play games from the SD slot.

@DarthKirby No. "Mega Turrican" is the same game as"Turrican 3" for the Commodore Amiga. "Super Turrican" and "Super Turrican 2" are exclusive games for the SNES.

Apologies for low quality, these videos were made back in 2006, when there was only mp3 and xvid codecs to work with and we had to keep You tube videos under 10 minutes or 100 megas. But they should be enough to show you how different the "Super Turrican" games are from "Mega Turrican".

Just how much acid was the trailer's author on when they made it? Flashing screens don't bother me, but that was seriously unpleasant. As for Super Turrican, hell yeah! Not paying $190 because I don't have money to burn, but perhaps one day...

What's shipping look like for you fine folks? I live in Ohio, the console ships from Washington. Fist time I added one to my cart, the shipping cost was 33 dollars. A bit high for a such a lightweight item. I contacted Analogue's customer support and asked why I was only being offered one kind of high shipping option, to which they said it was set that way. So I returned to my cart to check out only to see shipping had been bumped up to 38 dollars. Are any other US customers placing pre-orders encountering similar shipping costs? They're a bit absurd. We're talking almost 25% the price of the console at this point. Thanks!

@Fearful-Octopus Yikes! That's terrible. More shipping options are needed. Shipping to my state has actually gone up five bucks since I dropped the console in my online cart. Maybe they're overnight-ing it and wrapping it in gold foil.

@Fearful-Octopus Agreed. I've e-mailed their customer service people twice now asking for alternative shipping options. No item that size and that weight should cost 25% of the console price to ship. I was told, "Sign up for our newsletter for any possible discount codes." Because I have an SNES mini with 200+ games crammed onto it, I don't need the Super Nt. I want it for my cart collection, but geez, that shipping fee just keeps going up.

@sleepinglion Hopefully it's just a mistake they will fix before the super nt launches. I have yet to get a snes mini, I want the super nt for my cart collection as well. What version did you pick, I stuck with the U.S. color scheme?

@Fearful-Octopus Digging your avatar, dude! I understand, a physical system that takes carts is easily a better call. I grabbed an AVS last year and love it. Agreed, hopefully that shipping cost will be adjusted. Because it's controlled automatically by UPS, it fluctuates. I feel like if I wait for a day with low gas prices it may matter, and that's lamesville. I got the US SNES mini. Two, actually, because I was certain pre-orders would go hooey. Best Buy got it to me on release day, Amazon a month later. I'd love to swap it for a European model to have both. How many old carts do ya have? If you've backed them up on a flash cart, the Nt plays those.

Thanks, I also have a retro usb avs I love it! The super famicom mini looks better, but for nostalgic purposes I need the snes mini. It's exciting to be able to play in full 1080p on the super nt with no lag. As far as carts I probably have 40 or 50 nes, snes, and sega genesis. I also have a N8 flash cart and a sd2snes. I still enjoy collecting carts when I can find good deals. Wait the super nt will be able to play roms off of the sd card?